PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
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Braeside - Anne Shimojima

AASL Fall Forum - October 2008
Linda Braun on Podcasting - November 2008
Peggy Sharp What's New in Children's Literature - January 2009
Storytelling at the Prairie Center Workshops - February, 2009
Northlands Storytelling Network Conference - April, 2009
Workshop Presenter: Hidden Memory; From Family HIstory Project to Performance Piece, Prairie Center for the Arts, Schaumburg - February 2009
Workshop Presenter: Hidden Memory; From Family HIstory Project to Performance Piece, Northlands Storytelling Network Conference - April 2009
Workshop Presenter: Storytelling Goes to School, Reinberg School, Chicago - May 2009

Elm Place- Marci Kulbak
ICE Conference- Illinois Computer Educator - February 2009
Alan November- February 2009
Prometheum Board Training


Northwood - Renato Villanueva

ICE Conference- Illinois Computer Educator - February 2009
Promethean Board Training - May 2009

Oak Terrace - Kara Smith
ALA Annual Conference, Chicago - July 2009
Post-Graduate courses (Authentic Assessment, Advanced Power Point, Integrated Field Trips) Summer 2009
Day 2 Promethean Training - August 2009
AASL Bi-annual Conference, Charlotte, NC - November 2009
Google Presenter - November 2009
Promethean User Group Presenter - November 2009
Rebecca Caudill Young Readers' Book Award evaluator (Year 2 of 3 year service) - January 2010
ALA Midwinter, Boston, MA - January 2010
Selected to be part of the ALA 2010 Emerging Leaders January 2010-July 2010
Peggy Sharp What's New in Children's Literature - February 2010
ActivInspire Pilot Group Presenter - February 2010


Lincoln - Erin Kelly Lau
Peggy Sharp What's New in Children's Literature - February 2009

Sherwood School - Darlene Neumann
Northlands Storytelling Conference, Green Lakes, WI, April 2009
What’s New in Children’s Books? Dr. Peggy Sharp, January 2009
AASL Fall Forum, Oak Brook, IL. “Implementation and assessment of the Standards for the 21st-Century Learner,” October 2008
“ Underachieving Gifted: Non-productive or Selective Consumers? What Can Anyone Do? “ Illinois Association for Gifted Children, October 2008
Planned the StoriesWork program for the National Storytelling Festival, Jonesborough, TN, October 2008
Taught Graduate Course "Storytelling Across the Curriculum" for National Louis University, April 2009

Red Oak School - Kate Strong
Midwest Children’s Literature Conference - July 2008
AASL Fall Forum - October 2008
AASL 21st Century Standards Workshop - October 2008
ISLMA Annual Conference co-presenter, Mousing Around in the Library - October 2008
Peggy Sharp's What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Classroom - December 2008
2010 Monarch Award Readers' Committee Member
Anderson's Bookshops Children's Literature Conference - February 2009
ICE: Illinois Computer Educator Conference - February 2009
Promethean Board Traing - May 2009

Edgewood Middle School - Carolyn Lorence
Advanced Powerpoint workshop - September 2008
Michael Cart: Best Books for Young Adults - October 2008
ALA Booklist and Booklinks Editors' Review at Center for Teaching Through Children's Books
at National Louis University - February 2009
ICE: Illinois Computing Educators Conference - February 2009
Promethean training - May 2009
Newbery Awards dinner and presentation - July 2009

Ravinia Elementary School - Katie Wright
New and Noteable Books The Book Stall - September 2008
What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it In Your Classroom - January 2009
Prometheam Board Training - May 2009

Wayne Thomas School- Emily Hales
Learning @ the Source Teaching with Primary Sources- July 2008
Bring History to Life in your Classroom Colonial Williamsburg Foundation- September 2008
ISLMA Annual Conference co-presenter, Mousing Around in the Library - October 2008
Peggy Sharp's What's New in Children's Literature and How to Use it in Your Classroom - December 2008
Prometheam Board Training-May 2009